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• Helena van den Hoogen, Heesch († 1901)
• Albertus Achilles Leopoldus Theophilius Soyez, Antwerpen († 1988)
• Alberdina Strating, Groningen († 1898)
• Albertus Jacobus den Hooglander, Waddinxveen,Waddinxveen,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 1888)
• Amandus Jozef Stanislas van MOSSEVELDE, Aalst
• Adrianus Kivits, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Maria (Maria) Kamps, Ottersum, Nederland († 1963)
• Alijda Cornelia Koreman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Albert J. Elders, Laketown, Allegan, Michigan, United States († 1954)
• Anna Elisabeth Oldenburger, Amsterdam

• Agatha Maria den Elzen (10), Zoeterwoude, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus De Greef (90), Erps Kwerps, 3071, België
• Adrianus van Beek (36), Utrecht
• Antje Cornelisd Smit (82), Den Helder, nh.nld
• Aagje Nieuwpoort (33), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Beek (36), utrecht
• Aartje Baan (29), Giessendam, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Cornelia Storm (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Massar (57), Sint-Truiden, België
• Asse Pieters Koers Koerts (75), Langelo,Noordenveld,Drenthe,Niederlande

• 1880 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee († 1972)
• 1881 » George E. Wiley, American cyclist († 1954)
• 1882 » Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet († 1960)
• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)
• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on May 7, 1888 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.